We Call Them Raagis.

[Jagdeep Singh]

Interesting...

I live in Canada, born here. When I was younger I learnt tabla from a local Gurdwara but, my interest really went into kirtan after I started playing more and more tabla for different variations of kirtanee.

I didn't learn raag matra or anything like that. I would listen to a keertan recording, and figure it out myself on the vaaja. I am now 20 years old, have not listened to any form of hindi/punjabi/english/ or any other music since I was about 7 or 8 years old. All I do is listen to kirtan. I copy the "tunes" of many professional raagi. I have no idea if they are "hindi song" tunes or not. I just do kirtan using these tunes at home, as a showing of love to Guru.

Does this make me a bad person?

I think you're being too judgemental here.

I think the most important aspect of doing kirtan is actually UNDERSTANDING and Abiding by the kirtan. One of the things commonly seen in the youth is the use of a pothi. Me myself using a pothi cannot do kirtan and still focus on the bani. I play tabla, waja and now am learning dilruba. I do very basic tunes on waja but LOVE raag kirtan and think it should be done world wide. BUT the purataan singhs would do 6-7 years of practice of the saaj before doing kirtan with them because it becomes a instinct to play the saaj and u can focus on the bani. I am not smart enough to play a tanti saaj like my dilruba and still focus on the bani...Even while doing a raag shabd in tintaal on waja i get lost. thats just my idiotic veiw tho...Bhul chuk maaf

FATHE!

[Amrit Kaur Khalsa]

It's really important to bring tanti saaj back into our Gurdwaras. They should be just as popular as vaja. Any1 who learns it and is quite good oughta start up a class.

Noting beats the sound of tanti saaj :lol:

[Laadli Fauj]

straight up bhenji. Imagine AKJ with dilruba, taus, swarmandal, tradtional table rather than jorhi, sarangi, saranda, etc.

DAAAMN that's a nice thought

[OhTwadi]

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